Axis Soft Overtravel (Soft OT) Alarms: Stroke Limit Function for Fanuc Controls
A basic principle of CNC repair and troubleshooting that is suprisingly unfamiliar to alot of people is the soft overtravel limit (software overtravel). It does seem to come up alot when dealing with CNC machines. What is it and why does it generate CNC alarms? Here are a few basics: